Transporting and dumping vehicle



July 4, 1939- L. GERos'A ET AL 2,164,740

TRANSPORTING AND DUIIPING VEHICLE Filed July 27, 1938 12d ln. i6a. 12d I9 23 lan. I7 46 |60. I7

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INVENTORS Patented July 4, 1939 UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE Lawrence Gerosa and George P. Wagner, Bronx,

N. Y., assignors to Speed-Dump, Inc., New

York, N. Y., a corporation of 4,New York Application July 27, 1938, Serial No. 221,512

4 Claims.

This invention relates to new and useful lmprovements in a transporting and dumping vehicle.

The invention has for an object the construction of a vehicle as mentioned which is characterized by a frame mounted upon a motor vehicle chassis and having a top rearward projecting arm, and mechanism for supporting a skip therefrom, and an arrangement for dumping the skip in a novel manner.

The invention contemplates the use of cable means for supporting the skip so that it may be raised and lowered as. required, and coactable stationary hooks with movable cam members thereon arranged in a manner to control the supporting of the skip or the pivoting of the skip, making use of the hooks as fulcrums.

More specifically, the invention proposes to attach the cable supporting means on the sides of the skip at the top in a vertical plane coinciding with the center of gravity of the skip so that the skip may be conveniently hoisted without tendencies to spill. The invention proposes the provision of a pair of pegs mounted on the skip set slightly forward and downwards of the center of gravity lto form a convenient fulcrum for dumping the skip in conjunction with the hooks and cams previously mentioned.

More specifically, the invention proposes to so arrange the stationary hooks that the pegs may engage therein and then the hooks function to assist in supporting the skip. It is proposed to so arrange the cams that, at will, the pegs may be engaged in the hooks or disengaged and lowered beneath the hooks by merely controlling the cable means to lift and lower the skip.

Furthermore, the invention proposes the use of a stationary front stop against which the skip may rest to assist in supporting it in the elevated position.

Further, the provision of side stops are also proposed to prevent the skip swinging laterally of the motor vehicle during transit.

Still further the invention proposes the association of a plow with the front of the motor vehicle and adapted to work to shift and move materials in the front of the vehicle under the combined inertia and momentum of the motor vehicle and skip.

For further comprehension of the invention, and of the objects and advantages thereof, reference will be had to the following description and accompanying drawing, and to the appended claims in which the various novel features of the invention are more particularly set forth,

Fig. 6 is a horizontal sectional view taken on the line 6-6 of Fig. 5.

The transporting and dumping vehicle, according to this invention, includes a motor driven vehicle I0 having a chassis Illa. A frame II is mounted on the chassis vIlla and has a top rearwardly projecting arm I2. The frame formed from side arms IIa. and brace 'arms IIb. The rearward projecting arm' 12 is formed from several rearward projecting 'arm bodies I2a, I2b mounted on the fame II and Yreinforced with braces I2C. A skip I3 for holding earth and other r heavy materials is adapted to be supported from the rear end of the projecting arm I2 so as to be slightly rearwards Yof the rear wheels of the motor driven vehicle I0.

Cab-le means yare guided over the arm I2 and attached to the sides of the skip I`3 near the top thereof to support the skip so that it may be hoisted and lowered. This cable means includes a hoisting winch I4 or other similar device mounted on the frame II and having a pair of rear- Wardly extending cables I5. These cables pass over hoisting pulleys I 6 which are supported upon the adjacent faces of the arm bodies |21)` and which connect with small tubular members I'I passing through a head member I2d fixed upon the rear extremity of the arm I2. The cables I5 pass through these tubular members I'I and continue over a pair of pulleys I8 which are pivotally supported upon the outer extremities of the tubular members I'I. Normally, the pulleys I8 are in the'vertical position shown by the full lines in Fig. l, but because of the pivotal mounting they are capable of swinging laterally as for example, indicated by the dot and dash lines in Fig. l. A bar I9 is used to rigidly brace the hoisting pulleys I8 so that they move as a unit. A bar 20 is used for bracing the hoisting pulleys IS. The cables I5, after passing over the pulleys I8, extend downwards and are connected with 'pins 2l or other fastening elements mounted upon IIisS the sides of the skip. These fastening elements are arranged in a vertical plane passing through the center of gravity of the skip so that the skip may be conveniently hoisted and lowered without tilting, when required.

The pulleys I6 are rotatively supported in casings I6a.. It is these casings which are attached to the tubular members l1. The pulleys I8 are rotatively supported in casings I8a. These casings I8 are swivelly mounted on the tubular members I1.

A novel means is provided for assisting in holding the skip i3 in a raised position and for assisting in dumping the skip when required. This means includes a pair of stationary hooks 22. These hooks are supported at their upper ends on a bar 23 which is iixedly mounted across the top of the rearward projecting arm I2. Several braces 24 are connected with the bodies of the hooks 22 intermediate of their ends and extend rearward and are rigidly attached to stationary bars 25 fixedly mounted on the arm body I2b. The bars 25 also act as a stop against which the front face of the skip, that is, the extreme top thereof, may engage to assist in holding the skip in a stationary position without swinging. The braces 24 are reinforced with auxiliary braces 24a which connect with the sides of the rearward projecting arm I2. The stationary bars 25 are braced with members 25a also connected with the rearward projecting arm I2.

The hooks 22 are adapted to receive pegs 21 mounted upon the sides of the skip I 3 slightly forwards and downwards of the center of gravity of the skip. These pegs 21, when rested on the hooks 22, form a trunnion about which the skip I3 may pivot when the cables I5 are slackened. The dot and dash lines I3 in Fig. 1 indicate a position in which the skip I3 has pivoted about the trunnion just mentioned for spilling the contents of the skip.

Each hook 22 is provided with a movably mounted cam 28 which operates to permit the pegs 21 to engage upon the hooks 22 and to disengage from these hooks when required merely by raising and lowering the skip i3, in a certain manner. Each cam 28 has an inclined top edge 23a which is adapted to extend across the mouth of the hook to guide the peg 21 away from the mouth. Each cam 28 is pivotally supported at its bottom end by a pintle 29. A spring 30 is coaxially arranged on the pintle 29 and acts to urge the cam 28 rearwards against a ange 22a formed along a portion of the hook 22. The inclined surface 28a of each cam connects with a small vertically extending surface 2817 arranged immediately above the short end of the hook. The flanges 22a are arranged at an inclination to guide the pegs 21 over the top edge of the hook while the skip is being moved upwards.

The operation of the cams 28 in relation to the skip I3 is as follows: When the skip is first being hoisted, the pegs 21 will strike the inclined anges 22a. Then the pegs 21 will work along these flanges so that the skip I3 is being moved slightly rearwards as it is being raised. When the pegs 21 move slightly above the short ends of the hooks 22 the skip I3 will swing frontwards so that the pegs 21 will strike the surfaces 281) of the cams 28. This will pivot the cams 28 to the full line positions shown in Fig. 1. The pegs 21 will then be resting against the arms of the hooks 22 and the skip i3 may then be slightly lowered to engage the pegs into the hooks.

The vehicle may be driven in this fashion, and

when required, the skip I3 may be dumped merely' To disengage the' by letting out the cables I5. pegs 21 from the hooks 22 it is merely necessary to slightly hoist upwards the skip I3. When the pegs 21 reach a position above the cams 28 the springs 30 will pivot the cams rearwards to the positions shown by the full lines in Fig. 5, and the dot and dash lines in Fig. 1. Then when the skip is lowered the pegs 21 will move along the inclined surfaces 28a of the cams and over the top end of the short arm of the hooks and so be free of the hooks.

A plow 4D is supported upon the front of the motor vehicle. This plow is supported by a mechanism which is capable of lifting the plow to an inoperative position, or lowering it into a position ready to be used. More specifically, the plow 40 is provided with upper and lower lugs 4I upon its rear face. Upper and lower links 42 are pivotally connected with the lugs 4 I. The lower links 42 are pivotally connected with the lower ends of vertical stationary links 43. These vertical links 43 are held stationary by braces 44 which are connected with the chassis IUa. The upper links 42 are xedly mounted upon a rod 45. This rod 45 is supported in bearings 46 mounted on the chassis Illa. A worm 41 is mounted on the rod 45 and meshes with a worm 48 fixed on a vertical rod 49 rotatively supported in bearings 5B. The top end of the vertical rod 49 is provided with a wheel 5I by which the rod may be manually turned.

1t is pointed out that the plow 40, in conjunction with the links 42 and 43, form a parallelogram construction. the plow 49 to be moved substantially vertically when required. This movement may be accomplished by turning the wheel 5I to cause the rod 45 to turn. Turning of the rod 45 moves the arms 42, which in turn correspondingly moves the plow 40. In Fig. 1 the dot and dash lines indicate a raised position of the plow. When required, the plow 4I] may be lowered to any desired amount. A feature of providing the vehicle with the plow resides in the fact that because the skip I3 is mounted on the rear of the Vehicle, the vehicle will be suitably weighted for plowing heavy loads. Heretofore, great inconvenience has been caused by motor vehicles provided with plows at the front in that it was found that they lacked suicient momentum and inertia and ground gripping ability to move heavy loads. These deficiencies have now been overcome.

While we have illustrated and described our invention with some degree of particularity, we #'f realize that in practice various alterations therein may be made. We therefore reserve the right and privilege of changing the form of the details of construction or otherwise altering the arrangement of the correlated parts without departing from the spirit or the scope of the appended claims.

Having thus described our invention, what we claim as new and desire to secure by United States Letters Patent is:

l. In a transporting and dumping vehicle, a motor vehicle having a chassis, a frame mounted thereon and having a top rearward projecting arm, a skip for holding earth and other heavy materials and having pegs on the sides slightly P forwards and downwards of the center of gravity, cable means guided over said arm and attached to the sides of said skip near the top thereof by which the skip may be hoisted and lowered and be free to swing forwards and rearwards, sta- This construction permits tionary hooks mounted on said frame and extending along the sides of said skip in the hoisted position thereof for receiving said pegs and having upwardly and rearwardly inclined flanges to guide said pegs over the hooks while the skip is being hoisted, and cams mounted on said hooks and engageable by said pegs due to forward swinging of said skip when the skip is hoisted upwards to be moved forwards away from said hooks so that upon slight lowering of said skip the pegs engage said hooks and when the skip is then slightly raised to move rearwards across said hooks to cam said pegs away from the hooks by swinging the skip rearwards when the skip is .l then lowered.

2. In a transporting and dumping vehicle, a motor vehicle having a chassis, a frame mounted thereon and having a top rearward projecting arm, a skip for holding earth and other heavy materials and having pegs on the sides slightly forwards and downwards of the center of gravity, cable means guided over said arm and attached to the sides of said skip near the top thereof by which the skip may be hoisted and lowered and be free to swing forwards and rearwards, stationary hooks mounted on said frame and extending along the sides of said skip in the hoisted position thereof for receiving said pegs and having upwardly and rearwardly inclined flanges to guide said pegs over the hooks while the skip is being hoisted, and cams mounted on said hooks and engageable by said pegs due to forward swinging of said skip when the skip is hoisted upwards to be moved forwards away from said hooks so that upon slight lowering of said skip the pegs engage said hooks and when the skip is then slightly raised to move rearwards across said hooks to cam said pegs away from the hooks by swinging the skip rearwards when the skip is then lowered, said cable means including guiding pulleys for the cables swivelly mounted upon said rearward projecting arm and adapted to pivot to maintain the proper alignment of the cables with the pulleys during motion of the cables.

3. In a transporting and dumping vehicle, a motor vehicle having a chassis, a frame mounted thereon and having a top rearward projecting arm, a skip for holding earth and other heavy materials and having pegs on the sides slightly forwards and downwards of the center of gravity, cable means guided over said arm and attached to the sides of said skip near the top thereof by which the skip may be hoisted and lowered and be free to swing forwards and rearwards, stationary hooks mounted on said frame and extending along the sides of said skip in the hoisted position thereof for receiving said pegs and having upwardly and rearwardly inclined flanges to guide said pegs over the hooks while the skip is being hoisted, cams mounted on said hooks and engageable by said pegs due to forward swinging of said skip when the skip is hoisted upwards to be moved forwards away from said hooks so that upon slight lowering of said skip the pegs engage said hooks and when the skip is then slightly raised to move rearwards across said hooks to cam said pegs away from the hooks by swinging the skip rear-wards when the skip is then lowered, and a stop member mounted upon said rearward projecting arm and engageable with the front side of the skip for assisting in holding the skip in position.

4. In a transporting and dumping vehicle, a motor vehicle having a chassis, a frame mounted thereon and having a top rearward projecting arm, a skip for holding earth and other heavy materials and having pegs on the sides slightly forwards and downwards of the center of gravity, cable means guided over said arm and attached to the sides of said skip near the top thereof by which the skip may be hoisted and lowered and be free to swing forwards and rearwards, stationary hooks mounted on said frame and extending along the sides of said skip in the hoisted position thereof for receiving said pegs and having upwardly and rearwardly inclined flanges to guide said pegs over the hooks while the skip is being hoisted, cams mounted on said hooks and engageable by said pegs due to forward swinging of said skip when the skip is hoisted upwards to be moved forwards away from said hooks so that upon slight lowering of said skip the pegs engage said hooks and when the skip is then slightly raised to move rearwards across said hooks to cam said pegs away from the hooks by swinging the skip rearwards when the skip is then lowered, and resilient means for urging said cams to a position to extend across the mouths of said hooks.

LAWRENCE GEROSA. GEORGE P. WAGNER, 

